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A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jinzhou Area, Western Liaoning Province, China
Author(s) -
Li LI,
Jinqi WANG,
Xi ZHANG,
Shilin HOU
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00729.x
Subject(s) - rostrum , sternum , cretaceous , anatomy , paleontology , geology , biology , zoology , genus
A new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Liaoning Province of northeastern China, Shengjingornis yangi , gen. et sp. nov., is reported. This new bird possesses the following unique combination of features: a long rostrum, with some teeth in the front; short nasal; slender jugal; Y‐shaped furcula, with expanded distal end of the hypocleidum; cake‐like sternum, with a low and caudally distributed keel; strut‐like and caudally concave coracoid. The derived features of the scapula and the wings suggest a powerful flapping flight capability.